The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-10

outeiue OF tnem-6OO,O 600 In BROOKLYN,
but lees than LOG. 900 Ia the Churches !;
Many Of the churches are like a hos.
pitsl that should advertise that its ma.
tients must have nothing woree than
toothsche or 'run.roundp,' but no
broken heads, no crushed ankles. No
fractured thighs Give us for treat.
ment moderate sinners, velvet coated
sinners, and sinners with q ploss on
1t 10 81 though . man had q farm ~
5000 acres and put all his work on
one acre. He may raise never 40
large ears OF corn, never 90 big heads
OF wheat, he would remain poor. The
Church OF God has bestowed its chief
care on n acre, and has raised splen.
did men aud women In that small In.
closure, but the field Is the world.
That means North and South Amer.
lea, Earope. Asia and Africa
and all the islands Of ihe
sea- Ii is as though after q gteat bat.
tie there were left 80, 900 wouoded and
dying on the field, and three surgeons
gave al their time to three patients
under their charge. The major gen.
era comes In and Gays TO the doctors:
Come ont here and look at the near.
ly $4,000 dying for lack OF surgical at.
tendance No. say the three doc.
tore, sanding there tanning their pa.
tlente, we have three important cases
here, and we are attending to them,
and when we are not positively busy
with their wounds Ii lakes all our
time to keep the a es off, In this
awful battle Of Elm and sorrow, where
mill ons have fallen on millions, 90
not let us spend all our time In taking
care Of lew people, and when the
command comes GO into the world
say, practically, No, / cauno. 20; /
have here q few choice cases aud | am
busy keeping of the fits.' There m
multitudes today who have never had
and christian W Jrker look them In the
eye and with earnestness In the nc.
centuaiion say, 'Oomer or they
would long ago have been In the king.
dom. My friends, religion Ia either q
sham or q tremendous reality, II IL
be a cham let Us disbsnd our churches
and christian association. II IL be q
reality then great popul ,tions are on
the way 10 the bGr oil God unf ted for
the ordeal, aud what aro We doing2
"lu order 10 reach the mnltitude OF
outsiders we must drop ell TECHNICAL.
ties out OF our religion. When We
talk TO people about the hypostatic
union, and French encyclopediaaism
and ersstinianism, aud comprehension
ism VS. are as impolitio anu little un.
derslood az II q physician should talk
TO an ordinary patient about the peri.
cardium, and intercoslal muscle, aud
scorbutio symptoms. Many Of us
CONS out OF the theological seminaries
90 loaded mp that We take the frat ton
yeare 10 show our people how much
we know, and the next ten years to
20, our people TO know as much as Wa
know, and at the END find that neither
Of ne know anything as We ought to
know. Here are hundreds and thou
sands Of sinning, struggling aud dying
people who need TO realize ust ono
,biDg-thai Jesus Ohris, came 70 ave
them, and will save them nov. But
va 20 intoa profound aud elAbora Q
definition Of what justification 10. aud
after all the work there are not, out.
side Of the learned professions, 5000
people In tho United States who cat
tell what justiii cation IL. | will read
You tho def lition:
Justification Is purely q forensic
act; the act OF q jndse sitting In the
forum, In which the supiemo Ruler
and Judge, Who 10 accountable 10
none, and who alone knows the man-
ner Ia which the ends q his universal
government q beat ne Oh aimed,
feokons that which was done by tho
substitute In ,he same mannsr AS " u
mad bee 1 done by those who beiievs
In the Substitute, and not on account
oil anything doio by them, bat purely
upon account oi this gracious method
Of reck 'ning, gants them the fuli 70.
MISSION OF their 3 ms
IN what 10 jas N aiOn2 | will
tell You what Justification ls-xhen n
sinner bel ewes, God lets aim of D %
summer In Connecticut | went 20
large a c.ory, and | eaw over the door
vritten the words: NO Admittancs.' |
entered and saw over the NJ II door.
No Admit,anee' OF oaune I en-.
tered. l got itside ald found IL q pin
factory, and they were making pins,
very serviceable, doe and useiul pinn.
No the spirit OF " ilutiv ,nesH has writ.
ten over the On side door oi many a
c arch; no Admiuauce.' And "
the stranger tn'ers he fade practically
written over the second uoor: No
Admiltance.' aud II he gses In over
the pew doors seems written: No
Admittauce,' while the minister
stands 10 the pulpit hammering out
his little nicsuts II beli,i, iouudiug
out theierhnic Litles OF religion, MAX.
log pins. In ihe mott pract cal, Gem
mon sente way, and laying aside tue
non essentials and the hard d, hni.
tions a religion, q out on the God
given mission. telling the people what
ihey need ard when aud nov they
can Get u.
Comparatively little a -, a. yet has
been made TO save that large c asa q.
persons In midst called skcpiics,
and he Who gose TO work here viii
not be building upon smother mans
foundation. Tnefe Ia agfcAt mutt.
tude OF them. Ohs OF this Chase m {
Christ, aud hear with what tender
ness aod pAthos aad beauty aud sue.
cvs, Christ deaf with HIN: 'rhou
e1Alt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, aud with all thy soul,
ald With all thy mind, aud
With all thy strength. rhit
lstlt hftt commandment, cnl th g
second In like TO this; mandy, thou
shalt love thy neighbor as tuyseli.
There ~ NO other n1mma DIN ,ut
greater than this Add the sctibe
said 10 him: We'll. m ,s,er, tuou has,
said the tru,b, tor thefo 10 one God,
and TO love him Win ali the h,Aft,
and oil the ctr jnth 10 more than Who'll,
burnt offering aid saor,dcs..' Aud
when Ielus saw thsi 10 aaswered DIS.
crestly, he lad unto bin 'rnon ar
not iaf from tho kingiom Of God" So
Aekeptio wAs saved In o interview.
But lev ctrttian people treat the
skeptic In that Nay. lust,ad Of tax.
ing hold OF him with the gentle hsnd
Of love, we W apt r. take him witt
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